Pours a thin straw gold color, with lots of carbonation underneath a very bubbly head. Has messy lace and stain, both of a soft dotted texture.

Smells of serious Galena hops: floral scents of hay, dried grass, and a toned down spice closest to grains of paradise. Also has tiny scents of green apple and a strong backbone of bread. Taste is very dry and acerbic, mostly of a tight lemon flavor with unbelievably strong floral hop flavors. Bordering on salty, the hops are grainy. Also has a thin but highly textured malt like a pilsener.

A fairly thin but very firm mouthfeel, this is a smooth beer to drink, but is floral bitter hops all the way.

Pours a slighlty hazy gold color with a thick head that produced some lacing during the drink. The aroma is floral and sweet. The malt and bitterness are nicely balanced, but neither is strong enough to really excite the tongue. Mellower than others but still tasty. The bitterness seems to stick on the base of the tongue. This IPA is somewhat dry and thirst quenching.

Slightly hazy with a good initial head. There's a hoppy, slightly musty aroma which I find pleasing. As for flavour, there's a nice hoppiness which isn't too bitter - but maybe not quite enough for an IPA as opposed to just a Pale Ale. The same goes for the aftertaste. However, this is a good, easy beer to be quaffing with plenty of taste to satisfy.

Pours a straw gold color with a white head that lasts about the time it takes to pour the beer in the kitchen and carry it to the computer. Lace sticks around a bit longer. Smell is very light - bit of hops, maybe some green apples. Taste is dominated by hops - nice sharp bitterness midway through the sip that gives way to light malt characteristics. Mouthfeel is average - bit of dryness, maybe astringency at the end that leads you to your next sip. Pretty good beer to while away the afternoon.

It pours a boring transparent straw colored gold. Not much head but decent lacing. The smell is mild and fruity. Green apples and hops. A freshness feel on the nose and there is also a moss scent.

The flavors are simple. Mild hop fruits and spices. Apples again and some floral qualities. Cascade hops are present. Some malt presence for balance. Its simplicity makes it an okay IPA. Not much hop bite. I just wish something in the flavors was a little bolder.

A smooth and easy drinking IPA. It would go well with food. Could be a session beer easily because of its simplicity. If you are looking for a mellow, easy drinking IPA, this is the one.

A clear gold body with a small but thick head topping it. The aroma is of grains. Its a crisp tasting brew at first with the hops kicking in after a second. Heavy grain taste. Maybe a bit of lemons. Different than the other IPAs ive had, but that doesnt make it bad. Not bad, not spectacular.

Upon leaving the bottle to consummate its marriage to my glass a transpicuous gold amber color is observed with a spumescent white head that is pythonic in size, upon its dissipation the lace left behind forms a concealing sheet upon the glass. Light aroma of the hop flower present, but the sweet malted grains win the day, crisp and fresh as a daisy in May, with the start an innocuous sweet malt and the top fair to middling in its feel to the palate. The finish is briskly carbonated, the hops piercing in their spicy bite, and the aftertaste droughty, a nice middle of the road IPA.

I originally sampled this beer on 30 December 2002. I am writing this review from my notes.
This beer left a funny taste on my tongue. I wasn't too impressed with this IPA. It didn't have much aroma. There are numerous better IPA's out there. All in all, I would call this a loser.

A very pale straw color, pours with a dense white head. This one has a grassy aroma. The first taste is one of subdued sweetness (though this beer is quite dry). It finishes with a clean bitterness without much in the way of hop flavor. This beer is all about the bittering hop, it is very light and dry. A very nice refreshing summer beer.

This beer pours a clear yellow with just a hint of copper. Head is thick, white, and sticky, with nice lacing all the way down. Smell is distinct, and unique and I really wish I could identify the exact hops that are used, but alas I cannot. The taste is what sets this beer apart. A perfect example of an english-style IPA, perfectly balanced with emphasis on nice mellow hops that stay with you after every sip. Overall, this is another beer I will add to my "session" list....

Hmmm... this tasted more like an over-hopped Helles instead of an IPA. The color was light straw with a wispy head that lasted most of the pint. Very nice malt/melanoidin type flavor with a mean and lingering bitterness in the finish. The aroma was malty with a hint of Fuggles (grassy hops) note.
Really dissappointed with this one. I've enjoyed most of the Bert Grants line.

A slightly above average English-style IPA from washington state. This beer pours a yellowish colour with a small white head. The aromas are of hops with slight malts in the background. The taste is all cascades with *slight* malt in the background. The mouthfeel is average, as is the drinkability...

A nice small amount of head with a real light clear golden color. Not enough hop smell (maybe I had a bottle because thats not tiypical for Grant's). But thats ok becuase it had a great bitterness and hop taste. The hops give a grassy and real distinct hop flavor. The taste is very light on the maltiness, in fact there is no sweetness giving a really tart taste that compliments the hops.

Not much to look at...Light gold (a little too light) and a small off white head...
Aroma was not strong...light floral hops...
Taste was a simple floral hops bitter at the end...maybe a hint of balancing malt in there..
This was average on all aspects...not good but not bad (except for the color)...I wont look for this one again

Pours a golden yellow with a full white frothy head, receding into a striped, bubbly lace. The smell is piney, but not overly so, and I get the sense that the hops are going to make it bitter. Yes, I was right; a good, tart, hoppy start with a fresh malty background. The finish, however, is sour, quite so, and that sourness lingers a long while--clearly the weakest part of this brew. Not a contender for my top IPA list, but a reasonable ale.

Aroma is light and hoppy with a distinct grainess topped by a corniness and some light grassy and spicy hops.

Beer is thin and of a flavor similiar to a pils with extra butter and sweet corn tastes.

True Judging story: When first presented this beer, every judged stopped, smelled, tasted and immediately declared that this had to be a mispour. The judging director agreed and so did the bar's owner who went and double checked. Never a good sign when all of your judges judging blind have to question whether a beer was a mispour.

The beer pours with a nice bone white head. It has a mild golden color, but with a moderate maltiness and medium body suggesting the use of a low lovibond Munich malt in conjunction with a dextrinous "Carapils" malt to add body. I enjoy the malt characteristics, well done for a pale beer, but the hopping is much too subdued. True, Galena hops are a nice choice for bittering and Cascade are exceptional for flavoring and aroma, but what proportions are being used? The back label suggests "heavy hopping" and "a particularly refreshing" taste. I note very little hop flavor and equally as little aroma. The malt stands out more than anything else. This is not "refreshing" at all. The beer mirrors none of what I consider to be good IPA's. The Yakima region is known for it's plentiful hop production. My question is: Where are they? The label signifies class and tradition. I think this is a tradition worth ending. "Two Thumbs Down!!!"

Poures a pale yellow color with minimal head,very piney smell almost like walkin thru the woods.Tobiiter in taste for me not balanced enough in my opinion,very grassy and piney with no malt backbone.Havent been to impressed with the Bert Grant line as of yet.

"A faithful reproduction of the famous 19th Century pale ale." So, they used Cascades hops in English 19th Century IPA's? Otherwise, I'd agree with the bottle. Solid body - plenty of malt "feel" rather than taste. Hopping is plentiful, but a touch harsh and monochromatic - then again one shouldn't expect all the hops bells and whistles of an American pale ale in an IPA true to the traditional English style. An acceptable, but not impressive, IPA.

Not a very exciting IPA. To me, hops are like chocolate. It doesn't matter what you eat, if it's covered with chocolate, you wouldn't mind eating it. This is just a weak beer with enough hops to compensate. It looks good with it's pillowy head and clear golden color and the aroma of the hops is delightful, but I feel nothing as the beer hits my tongue.

Brilliantly clear, light golden in color with a puffy white head atop medium-sized bubbles. Retention is excellent, but lacing is non-existent. Carbonation is moderately strong. Unfortunately, I think this one has been light struck..there is some skunkiness, as well as an odd "Sugar Smacks" smell and a slight soapiness. Mouthfeel is mediocre with a suprisingly watery, thin body. Taste begins with some "not-so-fresh" flavor hops, somewhat herbal and earthy, fades into an adjunct-tainted off flavor, some brief unpleasant isopropyl alcohol character, and ending in an astringent, overly bitter, harsh finish of stale hops. The malts are barely noticeable, and this beer is completely lacking any balance. Perhaps this bottle is bad, as I've thought Grant's other brews are OK, but reading the other reviews, I detect a trend here. At any rate, not impressed at all.

This beer poured a bright golden straw color. It had a decent head which lasted halfway through the beer. I thought this beer was very light in body, grassy tasting and the hop bitterness overwhelmed the little malt that I could detect. A bit bland without much substance. I would pass on this IPA for a better choice.

The beer poured out looking like a lager and that made me a bit nervous. Therefore, the color was yellow and there was a thin white head and very little lacing. The smell was of hops and fruits, maybe pear or apple but not citrus. The taste was very hoppy as well, slighly bitter, but this is an IPA so I enjoyed and appreciated it. This brew was not what I expected, it was actually far better.